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Lahat ng Kabanata ng His Luna Returned—So I Left With His Baby”: Kabanata 51 - Kabanata 60

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CHAPTER 51 — Claimed (On Record)

By morning, the world had a story.It wasn’t theirs.Every screen, every feed, every gossip panel repeated the same neat narrative: *violent rogue Alpha storms Tribunal facility, aided by unknown accomplices, kidnaps dangerous Lunaris asset from lawful custody.*The footage was good. Of course it was. Calista’s people had cut it.They looped the moment Daire tore the Level Three door off its hinges. The frame where his hand closed around an enforcer’s throat. The half-second of Elowen’s silver flare in the corridor—cropped so you couldn’t see the cell doors opening behind her, only the guard hitting the wall.Over all of it, a quote from Calista Dravenne played on rotation.“The Tribunal was doing its duty,” she said to a prim journalist, eyes wide with practiced concern. “Elowen is clearly unstable. We all saw the evaluation footage. Daire has always struggled with impulse control. This… *theft*… puts everyone at risk. We need the Tribunal more than ever to ensure public safety.”“Vi

CHAPTER 52 — Teach Me

Sleep didn’t come.Every time Elowen closed her eyes, she saw the poster. The blurred outline. The circled wrist. *LUNARIS VESSEL (LIVE LOT)* shining like a threat over her own bones.She lay on the too-soft cot in the safe room, listening to the pipes tick and the hum of the city outside, and realized she wasn’t shaking anymore.She was… coiled.Survival, up to now, had meant being small. Quiet. Good at not being seen.It hadn’t worked.If the world was going to hunt her anyway, she might as well grow teeth.By the time the dim shape of morning found the window, she’d made up her mind.***Kieran was in the main room, half perched on the arm of the couch, staring at a spread of notes and maps like he was trying to solve an impossible maze by glaring at it. Sunlight cut through the seams of the blackout curtains, turning dust motes into suspended sparks.Daire stood by the far wall, arms folded, on the phone with someone who sounded like an advocate—low, tense phrases about “contract

CHAPTER 53 — The Poster Updates

News moved faster than sleep.By the time Rae declared the coffee “drinkable enough for a revolution,” Crowe had stopped pretending everything was under review.He made it official.A formal announcement pinged every pack-admin inbox and donor feed: *High Howl Benefit Auction – Venue Confirmed. Security Enhanced. Special Lots to Showcase Tribunal’s Commitment to Order.*Rae read the internal memo off Kieran’s stolen login while Elowen tried not to throw up.“Date’s in three days,” Rae said. “Same hall. They’re doubling security and “expanding donor participation.” That’s rich-speak for “more buyers.””“Special lots?” Daire asked.Rae’s mouth flattened. “That part’s vague,” she said. ““Exceptional assets demonstrating responsible custodial authority and advanced allocation protocols.””“Translation,” Kieran said from the couch. “You, and anyone else they can parade.”His phone buzzed again. He glanced, then swore. “And here we are. The unofficial version.”He flicked the image to the T

CHAPTER 54 — Control

The black envelope sat on the table like a small, elegant threat.Elowen didn’t open it right away.If she was going to walk into Calista’s circle, she refused to do it as the girl who’d flared by accident and prayed the shackles held. She wanted—needed—to know where her edges were.So she trained.***Day one was chaos.Kieran cleared the middle of the safehouse again—table shoved to the wall, chairs stacked. Rae hovered with the fire extinguisher “just in case.” Daire stood in his usual place against the far wall, more statue than man, watching everything.“We’re building three things,” Kieran said. “Shield, pulse, restraint. In that order.”“Shield first,” Elowen repeated, bare feet square on the worn floor. “Keep power in. Or keep theirs out?”“Both,” he said. “But today, yours in. You’re a walking generator right now. We need you to be able to wrap it around something and hold.”He walked a slow circle around her. “Baseline,” he said. “Find it.”She closed her eyes. Breathed.In

CHAPTER 55 — Low Status, High Eyes

The first Nightmoor wolves found them two days after the stream.They came in through the laundromat’s back entrance in a tight knot of leather and tension, scents sharp with exhaustion and barely leashed accusation.Rae’s guard gave a token protest. It died under the weight of a dozen wolves who still, technically, bore Daire’s mark.Elowen watched from the doorway of the main room as they spilled in.These weren’t the rank-and-file muscles. These were higher—old lieutenants, elders, minor nobles who’d once orbited Frostveil like it was a sun.Raelene Voss, gray hair braided back tight, eyes like iron. Tomas Gray, jaw set in permanent disapproval. Two younger Alphas-in-training whose names Elowen barely knew, but whose sneers she recognized.Daire stepped forward to meet them, shoulders squared, hood down. “You shouldn’t be here,” he said. “Crowe’s putting heat on any pack who even smells like they know my name.”“That’s why we’re here,” Tomas snapped. “Your little stunt put every Ni

CHAPTER 56 — Claim Dispute

The summons arrived with all the ceremony of a bill.A digital seal flashed on Rae’s largest screen, overriding whatever thread she’d been reading. Tribunal crest. Nightmoor sigil beneath it. A third mark—covenant elders—stamped over both like an old hand on a new throat.Rae swore. “They’ve set the hearing.”Kieran leaned over her shoulder. “Read.”She did, voice flat. “*Notice of Claim Adjudication. Parties: Alpha Daire Nightmoor; Calista Dravenne; subject EL0-1 (“Elowen”). Venue: Covenant Hall Annex. Oversight: High Howl Representative in consultation with Nightmoor elders.*” She snorted. “Representative. Guess whose jurisdiction that falls under.”“Crowe,” Daire said.“Crowe,” Kieran echoed. “Or one of his pets. He won’t waste the chance.”Elowen’s stomach twisted. “What exactly is a claim adjudication?” she asked. “In practice. Not in law speak.”“Old pack ritual,” Rae said. “Updated with more paperwork and less blood but not by much. When there’s a dispute over who holds Luna st

CHAPTER 57 — The Salon Trap

The claim hearing ended with paper cuts instead of blood.It still felt like a gut wound.Back in the safehouse, the air was thick with unsaid things. Rae paced. Kieran refreshed feeds, tracking how fast “public evaluation” was spreading. Daire stood by the window again, jaw clenched so hard Elowen half-expected his teeth to crack.The black envelope still sat on the table.The Luna Circle’s invitation.Kieran tapped his screen. “Confirmation from my source,” he said. “That salon? It’s exactly what we thought. Tribunal donors. Calista’s inner ring. Wives who think they’re untouchable because they pour wine instead of signing orders.”“They talk auctions there,” Rae added. “Lots. “Rescues.” One of my contacts recorded a Luna bragging about “placing” an omega last quarter. In private, they drop the euphemism. “Bought,” “bred,” “broken in.””Elowen’s stomach turned. “So if I go,” she said, “best case, I hear exactly how they plan to carve me up and hand pieces out to the highest bidder.”

CHAPTER 58 — White

Calista thought she was clever with the color choice.White for a vessel. White for something you could write on. White for a sacrifice, the knife hadn’t reached yet.Elowen opened the wardrobe. Rae had cobbled together from charity shops and “borrowed” pack closets and chose white anyway.Not the gauzy, virginal sort donors liked to see on auction stages. A dress made of heavier fabric, structured without being stiff. Sleeves to the wrist. Neckline high enough no one could claim she’d come to sell anything.Armor, in winter cloth.Rae whistled low when she came out of the tiny bathroom. “Well,” she said. “If you’re going to stroll into the wolf den, at least you’ll do it looking like you own the place.”The dress skimmed Elowen’s body without clinging. The white made her skin look warmer, not washed out. The bruise-shadows at her throat had faded to a ghost of yellow; the bracelet’s silver veins were hidden under a fitted cuff.She’d braided her hair back and pinned it, not in some e

CHAPTER 59 — Smile and Bleed

The Luna salon smelled like money, perfume, and politely hidden cruelty.High-status wolves filled the room—Alphas in tailored suits, Lunas in gowns that whispered when they moved. Crystal glasses. Soft music. Laughter calibrated not to be too loud.Every head turned when the doorman announced them.For a heartbeat, the room went perfectly still.Then the judgments hit, thick as scent.Whispers behind jeweled hands.“That’s her.” “The vessel.” “He brought her?” “Brazen.” Low status clung to Elowen like a second skin. *Unregistered. Asset. Stain.*They didn’t say it out loud. They didn’t need to. She’d lived long enough on the edges of rooms to hear it in the pauses.She didn’t shrink.She met a few gazes directly, not challenging, not deferential. Just… "present.*See me,* she thought. *Not the poster. Not the lot number. See the woman you’re about to discuss, like inventory.*At her side, Daire’s presence was a hot, controlled wall. He didn’t bear his teeth yet. But his eyes

CHAPTER 60 — Dance

Crowe lingered just long enough to make the air unbreathable.He let his gaze drift over Elowen’s covered wrist again, then up to her face, smile courteous and cold.“Your wife looks expensive tonight, Nightmoor,” he said. “I hope you appreciate the effort the Tribunal has put into… elevating her value.”Daire’s fingers tightened at the small of her back.“Careful,” he said, voice like ground glass. “You’re in a room with a lot of sharp things and too much alcohol. You might cut yourself.”Crowe’s eyes gleamed. “On what?” he asked softly. “Your pride? Her volatility? Or the bill when this is done?”Before Daire could reply—and Elowen could feel the retort building in his chest like a storm—Crowe turned away, already hunting his next conversation, his next angle.Around them, attention wavered. Some guests watched with avid curiosity. Others pretended suddenly to be very interested in their drinks.Daire exhaled through his nose, a barely leashed sound.“They’re looking for cracks,” El

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